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98% National arts participation is a great stat to leverage recovery support

The fourth and last in a decade-long series, Australia Council’s National Arts Participation Survey shows incredible growth and value perception.

26 Aug 2020 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Sydney Dance Company dancer Victor Zarallo teaching ballet in the Virtual Studio. Photo Daniel Boud.

Creating Our Future: results of the National Arts Participation Survey is the fourth report in a series spanning a decade of reporting Australians’ attitudes towards and engagement with arts and culture. The last was tabled in 2016.

The report was conducted online in November and December 2019, prior to COVID-19, and has been described as ‘a benchmark’ of engagement that will offer a clear statistic to leverage a roadmap to recovery.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina